different between brig vs sloop

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /b???/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.

Noun

brig (plural brigs)

1. (nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
2. (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.

Translations

See also

• hermaphrodite brig
• gun-brig

Etymology 2

From Scots brig, from Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugj?. Doublet of bridge.

Noun

brig (plural brigs)

1. (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England) Bridge.

Etymology 3

Clipping of brigadier

Noun

brig (plural brigs)

1. Brigadier.

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• RGBI

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English bry??.

Noun

brig

1. Alternative form of brigge

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Norse bryggja. Doublet of brigge.

Noun

brig

1. bridge

Alternative forms

• brigg, bryg, bregg

Descendants

• Scots: brig, brigg, breeg
  • ? English: brig, brigg

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?r?i??/

Noun

brig

1. inflection of brí:
   1. accusative/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual/plural

Mutation

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *berg?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brik/

Noun

brig m

1. bank, shore (of a river)

Scots

Alternative forms

• brigg, breeg

Etymology

From Middle English brig, from Old Norse bryggja.

Noun

brig

1. bridge

Descendants

• ? English: brig, brigg

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English brig.

Noun

brig m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. A brig (two-masted vessel)

Synonyms

• brik

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri??/

Noun

brig m (plural brigau)

1. crest, peak, summit, top

Mutation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch sloep.

Pronunciation

• enPR: slo?op, IPA^(key): /slu?p/
• Rhymes: -u?p

Noun

sloop (plural sloops)

1. (nautical) A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
   • 1789, Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa), The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano,

     I stayed in this island for a few days; I believe it could not be above a fortnight; when I and some few more slaves, that were not saleable amongst the rest, from very much fretting, were shipped off in a sloop for North America.
2. (military) A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck.
3. (military) A sloop-of-war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette.

Descendants

• ? Bengali: ????? (?ulup)
• ? Catalan: sloop
• ? Czech: šalupa
• ? Danish: slup
• ? Estonian: luup
• ? Faroese: slupp
• ? Finnish: sluuppi
• ? French: sloop
• ? German: Sloop, Slup, Schlup
• ? Icelandic: slúppa
• ? Italian: sloop
• ? Norwegian: slupp
• ? Polish: slup
• ? Serbo-Croatian: ???? (slup)
• ? Slovene: šalupa
• ? Swedish: slup
• ? Thai: ???? (sà-lùp)

Translations

Anagrams

• Loops, OOPLs, loops, polos, pools, spool

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slo?p/
• Hyphenation: sloop
• Rhymes: -o?p

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch slope, from Old Dutch *sl?pa, from Proto-Germanic *slaup?.

Noun

sloop f or n (plural slopen, diminutive sloopje n)

1. pillowcase, pillowslip

Derived terms

• kussensloop

Etymology 2

From slopen.

Noun

sloop m (uncountable)

1. demolition

Verb

sloop

1. singular past indicative of sluipen
2. first-person singular present indicative of slopen
3. imperative of slopen

Anagrams

• loops, los op, oplos, Pools